Mum despairs over lotto winner's drug useSI SA KET: A man who won a six million baht lottery prize in June has been arrested after his mother told police her son had since become a crazed drug addict. Kom Poka, 56, asked police to arrest her 32-year-old son, Chainarong Poka. She said he went on a destructive drug-fuelled rampage and tried to burn their house down, according to Pol Lt Col Prayong Janchin, inspector of Khukhan police station. Mr Chainarong was arrested and found to be in possession of 20 methamphetamine tablets, Pol Lt Col Prayong said. Ms Kom said her son won the lottery while he was working as a labourer at a construction site in Bangkok.

Source: Bangkok Post January 14, 2020 10:52 UTC